In its September/October, 2010, issue, The National Interest published a debate between Professors Kenneth Waltz from the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and Scott Sagan from Stanford University on the question: “Is Nuclear Zero the Best Option?” Professor Waltz took the negative side, while Professor Sagan argued the affirmative. Click here to read […]
The video of the panel, “Field Perspectives on Violence in Latin America”, with David Danelo, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Center, Philadelphia, and Jonathan Kalaher, Senior Consultant at Crisis & Resilience Consulting at Control Risks, is now available for viewing. Click here to watch the video.
On March 20th, Professor Kimberley Marten was interviewed for an article on Chechnya in the Washington Post in relation to her upcoming book on warlords, sovereignty and state failure. Click here to read the article.
On November 11th, 2010, Dr. Robert Pape gave a talk on his new book, “Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It.” To view the Saltzman Lecture Report click here.
On October 12th, 2010, Maj. Jason Brezler, USMCR of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, gave a talk on “US Counter-Insurgency in Afghanistan.” To view the Saltzman Lecture Report click here.
On November 11th, 2010, the Saltzman Institute hosted a roundtable discussion with the authors of “Ending Wars, Consolidating Peace,” ed. Mats Berdal and Achim Wennmann (Routledge Press, 2010). To view the Saltzman Lecture Report click here.
Professor Séverine Autesserre’s book, The Trouble with the Congo, is the recipient of the International Studies Association’s Chadwick Alger Prize for The Best Book Published in 2010 on the Subject of International Organization and Multilateralism.
Videos of the Sixth Annual Saltzman Forum, “Afghanistan: Prospects for Peace,” are now available for viewing: Panel IPanel IIPanel IIIThe Road Ahead and Concluding Remarks Program
The Institute welcomes Jean-Marie Guéhenno as our new Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs. He will teach a course entitled “Peace Operations in Fragile States” at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. As Under-Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations from 2000 to 2008, Guéhenno became the longest serving head […]
The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies mourns the loss of Professor Louis Henkin, who passed away on October 14, 2010 at the age of 92. Louis Henkin was University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University, Chair of the University Center for the Study of Human Rights, and Director of the Human Rights […]
